Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun point_system

3 senses of point system

Sense 1
point system -- (a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules)
       => system, system of rules -- (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender")

Sense 2
point system -- (a system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point)
       => system of measurement, metric -- (a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic)

Sense 3
point system -- (a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch)
       => orthography, writing system -- (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)